Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04
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WE4L NAI4L4AA - - |AEANAA. 49, -
forts b eject this puEpoae VIII Be mads
With The many inlAnds On the lower
eoand q Increasing and ths balk 81 che
hnHineas b eaRFisd on with this city.
The trade with Alaska also has assumed
larger propnEsiona this summer than
vas RanaEaIly expeeted, and the result
wiII - that The coming season VII
poszibiY tFipls this trans. Tia mar
chants "a CHS city ere eneEretie and
ever o. he alerl . open bnIineaH IN
rev ehnnnsla. and when onos eilouled
! Il 4 pFobabie thaa such viii be retained.
TIE Inst aanans, tnken eight months
aao, showed that PoFt Townsend con
/ tassed 9 population Of 1874 people.
| Since thai time Il has increased 10 some
| extent. Many new settlers have Iceat-
| "a hoge. u 4 impossible alm0G1 70 ma
9 vaosut dwelling, and than TIE Eent q
mach higher than usual. Ihe innux Of
oufsids capital and the Investments
thereof aeoonnt for the rhpad advance
ment In prices on general real estate.
Tno property and business acquired By
outside capital viii be maanined and
hEDuaht into prominence uext year.
, CuniFscis for the baildfna Of the ma
Eine ways % The head Of The bay viii
Be let this month, and woFk viii be BE-.
| qua &c soon After g. possible. This
Will @dofd vessels 81 opportunity when
requiring slight repairs. Of beinG locked
down hare, and oVeFhauled with0ut In.
curing the extra expense OF going 20
San Francisco, Esquimalt OF up Sound.
The people's fayoRiie enterprises, how
ever, Il the Port Townsend Southern
railroad from this city 10 Portland,
Oregon. Not since the articles Of In
corporation were fled have the mama
ayers relaxed one bit In the work Of
preparing for building the proposed
road. Nearly one half Of the line has
been surveyed, and the engineers are
still AZ work endeayOFing 70 locate the
moat feasible and practicable railroad
grade. Thus far, the worst part of the
line has been gone over, and no very
serious obstacles have been encountered.
Only one high grade, and that at the
head Of Hoods oan0l, will be met.
The president, Judge Kuhn, Il conf
dent that contracts will be let and werk
oommeneed before the slose Of the pres
dental year. A glance at the map, and
Z slight knowledge Of the countEy
through which the road viii run, affords
q fair idea Of what bsneflt the Port Of
Entry viii receive from e.
The lumber shipments from the
Sound, no matter from what poTt, pay
tsia cisy large bounty. Almost every
c0aasinR and all foreign vessel arriving
IN Sound waters pay OF thslF crews at
this place, which money il spent with
the merchants and goes into general
circulation. Many vessels on pay day
disbuEse 10 their crews from 5000 TO
5000, and hardly Q week passes
when there are fewer than two crews
paid. Than another item 10 the skips'
stores for long and short voyages, which
cuts blg figure In the mercantile bus-
mess.
The location Of two sawmiIIs, PoEt
Hadloak and Discovery, and the smelt-
ing works 81 Irondale, ali Of which en-
ploy from three 20 ave hundred men,
Ii oloss proximity 70 Port Townsend. IL
another channel from which q large rev.
enue IL derived, and divided among The
towns tEadesmen. The admirable To-
cation Of the city, the government
building IN course Of construction, She
energetic business men, always ready
70 embark IN any enterprise In Whioh
there Il any money 10 Be made and an
opportunity Of impFevinR the eiiy's
prestige on tho lower Sound, make Il O
polna very favorably looked upon By
outsiders.
cEEx coUncrk.
The city council convened In their
chambers last evening. Present-Mayor
Daflion; Councilman Morgan, Wey-
mouth, Learned and Smith. The mayor
objected 10 the city paying for special
telegram sent 70 Senator Dolph Is
Warrington regarding appropriations
for public buildings. Objection sus-
tained. A like dispatch sent 20 Dele
gate Voorhees, the council thought the
city should pay for, and 80 ordered. A.
RAIDER YES granted Q grocery license.
TIE petition Of MeRsrs. Bradshaw and
Donovan vas laid over, requesting the
granting Of q liquor license for four
months.
The city treaaurer's report was 60
eepted and read as fellows:
General fund on hand ......... e2ls 50
General ex fund deheit. s. "a
Water fund on hand ........... 20 80
Street fund on hand .......... 81 q
The city attorney vas Instructed 10
draft an ordinance transferring $3.50
from the general fund 70 the general
expense fund.
lbs iudioial officers accounts were
returned for oogFeCtlon.
An ordinance vas intoduced prohibit
ing the erection Of buildings on vhaFves
e the foot Of any street fer the purpose
Of renting them and for other purposes,
vas read and referred TO the next meet
lng.
fhe council approved q number Of
bills. which were ordered paid, amount
ine % 8Soa9S.
The clerk vas instructed TO notify
tka water company thai the city would
dispsnss with The hyarsnt Cd She corner
Of Taylor and Water streets until q b
raised 10 The propeR haiRht.
The Electric Light Oompany we're al
lowed until April 16th 20 paint their
poles. A sidewalk will be laid Around
their building under The snpssvision Of
the street commissioners. AdioaEnsde
TEE MksuNs
The masonic fraternity contemplate
enQaainQ Prof. Robert Norris 10 deliver
. lecsnra In this city next week. An
election IN Port Townsend lodge
No. 6. NE other evening, resulted AZ fol-
lows j. A. Kuhn, master. q. n. Clapp,
senior warden. Frank Bowers, junior
warden, Henry IAndes, treasurer. and
A. A. PiummeR, rseoEder.
o. THE WILLOWS.
A gentle Wesi wind up the STRATA
hruuaht np quite q hset Of coastina YES.
ssls last niRhs, many Of which have been
oat soma time.
Ths sAip Davenposs arrived after
voyage Of thIrty-one days frum Nan
Dseeo. boand 10 Port HlAkely. Lead
tnr. destination nos announced.
The barb d. o. Murray, which sailed
from San Pedro On The La alsimo, ar
rived. and viii proceed % Stsisou and
Pests mill a seattle 10 load . return
cargo Of lnmber.
Tha ship Daahlng Wave came m
from San Francisco IN nine days, bound
% Taeona 10 Lad coal a. q rsfnrn
carEe.
TIE barb Henry Busk Il aaahoEsd in